Gallery of Cardy

Where do you come from, mama,

your voice a shadow on the breeze.

I’ve been searching in the silence,

for the part of you that lives in me.

I looked in the fire, I looked in the rain,

I carried the sorrow, I carried the pain.

But every road I wandered down,

just led me back again.

Every heartbreak carved me deep,

every secret I still keep.

I thought I was broken, I thought I was thin,

but the answer was burning…

It’s from within, the fire that saves me,

From within, the love that remakes me.

I thought it was gone, thought I’d never begin,

But the strength I’ve been needing—

It’s from within.

Where do you come from, mama,

were you the stars or the endless sky?

I thought you were somewhere distant,

but you were the voice when I cried.

I thought you were lost, I thought you were gone,

but you were the rhythm behind every song.

And the more I kept calling,

the more I found you were mine all along.

Every sorrow taught me to fight,

every shadow carried the light.

I thought I was empty, I thought I was thin,

but the answer kept rising…

It’s from within, the fire that saves me,

From within, the love that remakes me.

I thought it was gone, thought I’d never begin,

But the strength I’ve been needing—

It’s from within.

Turns out I come from the storm and the flame,

From every wound that whispered my name.

The mother I searched for, the love, the skin.

She was always inside me, always within.

From within, oh it’s rising and higher,

From within, a soul set on fire.

The world tried to break me, but I’ll never give in,

‘Cause the love that I needed…

Was always from within.